Tuesday, October 22, 2013

10/22/13 Tues am McDonald's Dissappoints

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Post No. 2,408 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a  recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization  and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

A read of the print editions of  Tuesday's  Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's News Daily,  New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal & amp; Constitution  & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and  Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average:   The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 15392.20 down 7.45 or 0.05 % from Friday's close of 15399.65. for the year the Dow is up 17.46%.  Of  the Dow components  13  gained and 17  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Goldman Sachs up $1.08 and percentage-wise was GE up 2.31% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Boeing down $1.05 or 0.86%.

NYT pB7 "Stocks tread water ahead of delayed jobs report" & AJC pA9 "Small gain, record close" by AP says the S&P ended at a record closing level for the 3rd straight day.  McDonald's disappointed investors while others did better.

WSJ pC4 "McDonald's clips the Dow but S&P 500 at new peak" by Dan Strumpf, Tomi Kilgore says stocks were little changed as investors digested mixed earnings reports & awaited key data on the jobs market.

IBD pB2 "Indexes flat, vol falls but leaders perform better" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the major indexes closed flat Mon but seem ready for a break as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

 FT p23 "Wall Street" by Jason Abbruzzese says the S&P moved fractionally higher to a fresh record close of 1,744.66 led by a 1.2% rise in telecoms as AT&T moved higher.  McDonald's were down 0.6% after its earning per share beat expectations but fell short of estimates.

As of the open  of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6   of  Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Tuesday's   trailing P/E ratio is  17.23 down   from Monday's  trailing P/E of 17.24  (last year it was 14.22);  Tuesday's   P/E estimate is  14.13 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 14.13  (year ago it was 12.59) and today's  dividend yield is 2.18 down from yesterday's  dividend yield of 2.20  (last year it was 2.57). The Dow's all-time high was 15,676.94   on September 18, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.


Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2396.80 down 1.17   from Friday's closing numerator of 2397.97. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.89 down 4 cents from Friday's average closing price of 79.93.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $75.12 (HD/WMT) down 64 cents from Friday's median closing price of $75.76 (WMT/HD).  The lowest volume was  3M and the highest volume was GE.


If  Monday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $117    ($239,797 -  $239,681 ) .


MarketWatch 10/21/13 Mon. 4:34 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks finished little changed on Monday, with the S&P 500 adding a fraction to its record close and the Nasdaq Composite extending gains into a fourth session, bolstered by Netflix Inc., which released earnings just after the close.Netflix NFLX +9.38%   shares ended Monday’s regular trading session 6.4% higher, then surged nearly 17% in after-hours trade after the provider of streaming video reported third-quarter revenue that beat estimates.Apple is expected to unveil the next generation of iPads this week but its market share has declined. The WSJ's Juro Osawa speaks with Richard Kramer, managing partner for Arete Research, about what Apple needs to do to stay no. 1.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.05%   fell 7.45 points, or less than 0.1%, to 15,392.20.McDonald’s Corp. MCD -0.22% fell 0.6% after the fast-food chain reported sales below expectations. Another Dow component, AT&T Inc., T -0.14%  climbed 1.8% after the telecommunication company agreed to sell or lease 9,700 wireless towers.J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM -0.04%  lost almost 0.1% after the bank reportedly agreed to pay $13 billion to halt U.S. civil investigations into its mortgage-bond sales.After rising to an intraday record high of 1,747.79, the S&P 500 index SPX +0.01%   rose a fraction to finish at 1,744.66, just topping its prior record close of 1,744.50 set on Friday. Health care lost the most ground and telecommunications fared the best among its 10 sectors.J.C. Penney Co. JCP -0.16% shares dropped 8.3% after the retailer last week denied two anonymous social-media attacks that said the company had retained a bankruptcy lawyer and had lost access to credit in Canada.J.P. Morgan still faces a serious criminal probe following the tentative $13 billion settlement it reached with the Justice Department, traders are eyeing key economic data this week that was delayed by the shutdown, and more. Photo: Getty Images.Gannett Co. Inc. GCI -0.34%   shares lost 2.2% after the newspaper chain reported a 4% decline in quarterly revenue. Hasbro Inc. HAS +5.25%  gained 5.3% after the toy seller reported third-quarter results that beat Wall Street’s expectations.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.15% rose 5.77 points, or 0.2%, to 3,920.05.“This has been a year of significant multiple expansion,” said Paul Karos, a senior portfolio manager for Whitebox Mutual Funds, of the price-earnings ratio of U.S. equities. But since that expansion has not coincided with a broad-based earnings revision upward, “it would not be surprising to see equity markets take a breather,” given the market’s more than 20% rise so far this year, he said.“We can continue to grind higher, but it’s a grind, the next sustainable leg would probably need to come from upwardly revised earnings estimates, that could be hard to come by,” Karos added.Decliners just overcame advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, where 678 million shares traded. Composite volume cleared 3 billion shares.On Tuesday, the government releases the nonfarm-payrolls report for September. The data release was among those delayed by the recently ended 16-day government shutdown.
Equities displayed muted reaction to the National Association of Realtors reporting existing U.S. home sales fell 1.9% in September due to rising prices and mortgage rates.Gold futures GCZ3 +0.08%  rose $1.20 or 0.1%, to $1,315.80 an ounce, and crude futures CLX3 -1.81%  lost $1.59, or 1.6%, to $99.22 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.The dollar DXY +0.11%  gained against the currencies of major U.S. trading partners, including the euro EURUSD -0.03%  and the yen USDJPY +0.02% .The yield on the 10-year Treasury note 10_YEAR -0.04%  used in figuring mortgage rates and other consumer loans rose 2 basis points to 2.603%.“Both the economy and earnings appeared to have had good momentum going into the fourth quarter. However, analysts will still need to assess how much the (government) shutdown hurt the economy,” noted David Kelly, chief global strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds, in emailed commentary.The global economy is “still on the mend in the face of the easiest monetary policy ever implemented by developed-nation central banks. As the economy improves and earnings rise, this aid will gradually be reduced, boosting interest rates. Despite recent stock-market gains, such an environment still supports the idea of an overweight to equities relative to fixed income around the world,” wrote J.P. Morgan Funds’ Kelly.

Tuesday's Dow News followed by Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  IBD pA2 "AT&T sells rights for $4.85 bil", AJC pA8 "AT&T picks up $4.85 bil in cell tower deal", FT p14 "AT&T/Crown Castle say AT&T will sell or lease 9,700 cellphone towers to Crown Castle Int'l.

  FT p23 "Wall Street" by Jason Abbruzzese says the S&P moved fractionally higher to a fresh record close of 1,744.66 led by a 1.2% rise in telecoms as AT&T moved higher.  McDonald's were down 0.6% after its earning per share beat expectations but fell short of estimates.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing: IBD pA2 "Report: Boeing, Abu Dhabi deal" says Boeing is negotiating with Etihad Airways for a multibillion dollar order of dorzens of Boeing jets including 25 upgraded 777 minijumbos.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  NYT pB1 "An odd alliance in Patagonia" by Simon Romero, Clifford Krauss says Chevron hopes the next great shale oil field will be the Vaca Muerta field in the Patagonian desert of Argentina.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  AJC pA8 "Coke exec accused of money laundering" by Leon Stafford says a former Coke exec was arraigned Mon on fraud and money laundering charged due to alleged use of corporate American Express gift checks to pay more than $400,000 in personal expenses.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  WSJ pB1 "Pressure continues to mount for DuPont breakup"  by Ben Lefebvre says DuPont is facing pressure from analysts and investors to sell off or spin out the agrigultural portion of its business, which has been generating most of its growth.

ExxonMobil:  WSJ pC10 "Fracking leaves Brazilian oil bids lacking" by Liam Denning says the shale boom has pulled investment dollars from even committed globetrotters like ExxonMobil to more familiar territory.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  FT p16 "Goldman's head of EM to stand down" by Tracy Alloway, NYT pB7 "Longtime executive at Goldman is departing" by Susanne Craig, WSJ pC1 "Exit shows Blankfein still rows Goldman" by Justin Baer  say J. Michael Evans, once seen as replacing Lloyd Blankfein as CEO is leaving.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan: USAT p1B "Scandal can't ding Teflon Dimon" by Tim Mullaney,  WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan aimed to limit damage" by Devlin Barrett, Dan Fitzpatrick, "Considering the fairness of JPMorgan's deal" p B1 discuss JPMorgan $14 bil settlement.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:   IBD pA1 "McDonald's Q3 results bland",  NYT pB2 "Blaming economic woes, McDonald's warns of flat sales" by Reuters, FT p19 "McDonald's warns on global economy" byNeil Munshi, AJC pA8 "McDonald's profit up 5% in 3Q", WSJ  pB8 "McDonald's global sales growth rises, but disappoints" by Julie Jargon say McDonald's 3Q profit rose to $1.52 bil or $1.52 per share vs. $1.46 bil or $1.43 a share a year earlier.  Rev rose 2% to $7.32 bil from $7.15 bil last year.  Analysts expected $1.51 per shae and rev of $7.33 bil.

AJC pA9 "Small gain, record close" by AP says the S&P ended at a record closing level for the 3rd straight day.  McDonald's disappointed investors while others did better.

  FT p23 "Wall Street" by Jason Abbruzzese says the S&P moved fractionally higher to a fresh record close of 1,744.66 led by a 1.2% rise in telecoms as AT&T moved higher.  McDonald's were down 0.6% after its earning per share beat expectations but fell short of estimates.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft: AJC pA8 "Microsoft pulls back Windows RT 8.1"  says Microsoft pulled the update after it caused some computers to crash.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  USAT p6A "Verizon answers call to improve the exchange" by Alistair Barr, Kelly Kennedy, Jayne O'Donnell says Verizon has been tasked with helping the gov fix the fed health exchange.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:   No mentions found.


Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AXPNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
GSNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
NKENYSE
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
UNHNYSE
VZDualListed
VNYSE
WMTNYSE


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 Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:


AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)


American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)


Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)


Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)


Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)


Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)


Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)


Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)


DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)


ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)


GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)


Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)


Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)


Intel INTC Brian Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA)


IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)


JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)


Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)


McDonald's MCD Donald Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)


Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)


Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)


Nike NK Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)


Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)


Procter & Gamble PG A. G. Lafley (Cincinnati, OH)


3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)


Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)


UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)


United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)


Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)


Visa V Charles W. Scharf (Foster City, CA)


Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 9/23/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:


1. Exxon Mobil XOM $386.24
2. Microsoft MSFT 272.72
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 251.06
4.  WalMart WMT 248.78
5.   GE 247.26
6. Chevron CVX 242.51
7. Procter & Gamble PG 217.13
8. IBM 209.22
9. JPMorgan Chase JPM 193.93
10. Pfizer PFE 190.66
11. AT&T T 181.74
12. Coke KO 171.25
13. Merck MRK 139.53
14. Verizon VZ 137.30
15.  Cisco CSCO 130.15
16. Visa V 126.59
17. Intel INTC 117.67
18. Disney DIS 115.67
19. Home Depot HD 108.74
20.United Technologies UTX 100.39
21. McDonald's MCD 97.25
22. Boeing BA 88.65
23. American Express AXP 83.32
24. 3M MMM 82.77
25. Goldman Sachs GS 77.42
26. UnitedHealth UNH 73.02
27.Nike NKE 61.42
28.Caterpillar CAT 55.07
29. DuPont DD 54.86
30. Travelers TRV 32.26


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 9/31/13:


Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments


AT&T T: 9/10/13 8K re: purchase of spectrum from Verizon
8/28/13 8K re: redemption of 6.62% debentures due 10/15/34
8/2/13 10Q & 7/24/13 8K & 7/23/13 8K re: results for quarter ended 6/30/13
7/25/13 8K re: retirement from Board of Dr. Gilbert F. Amelia
7/12/13 8K re: AT&T agreeing to buy Leap Wireless
6/28/13 8K re: election of Cynthia B. Taylor as a Director & increase # of dirs. 14 from 13




American Express AXP: 9/16/13 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 months ended 8/31/13
8/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 7/31/13
7/29/13 10Q & 7/17/13 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/13
7/25/13 8K re: amdmt to sr. Exec. Severance Plan
7/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off statgs for 3 mos. ended 6/30/13
 6/21/13 8K re: selection of Jeffrey Campbell CFO
6/17/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months thru 5/31/13




Boeing BA: 7/24/13 10Q & 8K re: results for qtr. ended 6/30/13
 5/3/13 8K re: issuance of floating rate senior notes due '14
4/30/13 8K re: voting results of 4/29 shareholders meeting held 4/29
4/24/13 10Q & 4/24/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/22/13, 4/16 & 3/15/13 Proxy materials re: 4/29/13 annual mtg of shareholders at Field Museum, Chicago




Caterpillar CAT: 9/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats for period ended 8/13
9/17/13 8K re: credit agrmt up to $3  bil led by Citibank
8/20/13 8K re: dealer stats for July '13
8/2/13 10Q & 7/24/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
7/23/13 8K re: June '13 dealer stats
 6/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 3/13
6/17/13 8K re: voting results of annual shareholderss mtg on 6/12
6/12/13 8K re: 15% increase in dividend from 8 cents to 60 cents payable 8/20 to record holders 7/22


Chevron CVX: 8/7/13 10Q & 8/2/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 7/10/13 8K re: 2Q interim update
6/24/13 8K re: issuance of notes
6/4/13 8K re: approval by stockholders of Long Term Incentive Plan
5/2/13 10Q; 4/26/13 8K; 4/10/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results


Cisco CSCO:  9/10/13 10K for fiscal year ended 7/27/13
8/15/13 8K re: firing of 4,000 employees
8/14/13 8K re: FY '13 & 4Q results
 6/20/13 8K: re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/12/13 8K re: executives' adoption of pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/7/13 8K re: Cisco payment to Tivo of $294 mil to settle patent dispute that includes Google & AARIS Group




Coke KO: 7/25/13 10Q & 7/16/13 8K 2Q ended 6/28/13 results
7/19/13 8K re: election of Ana Botin to Board
 5/15/13 8K re: amendment of by-laws to allow calling of special shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/16/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/29 results
4/4/13 Proxy re: 4/24 shareholder meeting


Disney DIS: 8/6/13 10Q & 8/6/13 8K re: 3Q ended 6/29/13 results
 7/1/13 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract to 6/30/16
5/7/13 10Q & 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/30 results
3/20/13 8K re: $1.5 bil 364 day credit agreement
3/8/13 8K re: change to exec bonus plan




DuPont DD:  9/3/13 8K re: election of Patrick J. Ward to Board of Dires.
8/13/13 8K re: adoption of Sr. Exec. Severance Plan
7/23/13 10Q & 8K re: 2Q ended 6/31/13 results
 4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 stockholders meeting
4/23/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 3/31 results
4/4 proxy materials




ExxonMobil XOM: 8/6/13 10Q & 8/1/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/3/13 8K re: voting results of 5/29/13 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/13/13; 5/10; 4/12 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
3/26/13 8K re: financial presentation
3/12/13 8K re: analyst meeting


GE: 9/13/13 8K re: election of James E. Rohr to Board of Dires.
7/26/13 10Q & 7/19/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/14/13 8K re: election of Keith S. Sherlin, CEO GE Capital
5/8/13 10Q & 4/19/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 shareholders meeting
4/8/13 Proxy materials for shareholders meetings


Goldman Sachs GS: 8/8/13 10Q & 7/16 8K re: qr. ended 6/30/13
7/19/13 8K re: opinion of counsel re: $2.5 bil Notes due '18




Home Depot HD: 9/20/13 8K re: election of Helena B. Boulkes to Board of Dirs.
9/10/13 8K re: closing of sale of $3.25 bil notes
8/28/13 10Q re: qtr. ended8/4/13
8/20/13 8K re: 2Q results
 5/29/13 8K re: shareholder approval of Amended Restated '05 Stock Incentive Plan
5/29/13 10Q & 5/21/13 8K re: qtr ended 5/5/13




Intel INTC: 7/29/13 & 7/18/13 & 7/17/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 6/29/13
 5/21/13 8K re: Brian M. Krzanich became CEO on 5/16
5/8/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 8K re: election of Brian M. Krzanich as CEO Z& Renee J. James as pres. effective 5/16
4/29/13 10Q & 4/17 8K & 4/16 8K re: results of 1st quarter ended 3/30
4/3/13 Proxy materials for 5/16 stockholders meeting at Santa Clara, Cal.




IBM: 9/10/13 8K re: sale of outsourcing services business to SYNNEX
 7/31/13 8K re: underwriting contracts for notes5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
7/31/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K & 7/17/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
5/3/13 8K re: retirement of SVP HR J. Randall MacDonald
4/30/13 10Q & 4/19/13 & 4/18/13 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/3/13 Proxy materials


JPMorganChase JPM:  9/20/13 8K re: election of Linda B. Bammann to Board of Dirs. & amdmt to bylaws
9/19/13 8K re: consent decrees with Comptroller of Currency and Consuemr Fin'l Protection Bd. re:
credit card allegations
9/19/13 8K re: consent decrees with SEC & UK FCA & payment of $920 mil re: London Whale loss
9/10/13 8K re: fin'l services investor conf.presentation
8/21/13 8K re: closing of sale of $750 mil of 5.62% sub. notes due '43
8/21/13 8K re: sale of subordinated Notes
8/7/13 10Q re: 6/30/13 results
8/1/13 8K re: redemption of Non0cumulative Pref. Stock, Series J
7/29/13 8K re: issuance of Non0cumulative Pref. Stock, Series R
7/29/13 8K re: possible sale of commodities business
7/19/13 8K re: retirement from Board of David Cote & Ellen Futter
 7/12/13 2 8Ks re: 2Q results
6/10/13 8K re: amendment to Cert. of Incorp. to allow shareholder action by written consent
6/4/13 8K re: Reg FD disclosure re: investor conference presentation


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 8/20/13 8K re: closing of purchase of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8/1/13 10Q & 7/16/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/20/13 8K re: agreement to buy Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for its late state prostate drugs
5/3/13 10Q & 4/16 8K reL: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25 shareholders meeting




McDonald's MCD:  9/18/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
9/10/13 8K re: Aug. '13 sales
7/31/13 10Q & 7/22/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
7/19/13 8K re: dividend of 77 cents pe share payable 9/17/13 to record holders on 9/3/13
 6/10/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Investor Release
5/28/13 8K re: voting results of 5/23/13 Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/13 8K re: April sales
5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: adjustment to sales results


Merck MRK: 8/7/13 10Q  & 7/30/13 8K re: results as of 6/30/13
 5/30/13 8K re: voting results of 5/28/13 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/22/13 8K re: accelerated stock repurchase agreement with Goldman Sachs
5/20/13 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes


Microsoft MSFT: 9/23/13 8K re: amendment of exec comp. plans
9/20/13 8K re: realignment of structure to become a devices & service company
9/3/13 8K re: purchase of Nokia handset business
8/30/13 8K re: election of G. Mason Morfit to Board of Dires.
8/23/13 8K re: retirement of CEO Steven A.Ballmer within 12 months
7/30/13 10K & 7/18/13 8K re: results for year ended 6/30/13
 7/11/13 8K re: resignation of Pres. of Office Div. Kurt DelBene
7/3/13 8K re: retirement of Steve Sinofsky from Windows Div.
5/20/13 8-K/A approval of CFO Amy Hood's compensation
5/13/13 8K re: election of Amy Hood as CFO
5/1/13 8K re: sale of Euro notes


Nike NKE: 7/30/13 Proxy for 9/19/13 AnnualMeeting of Sharehodlers
7/23/13 10K for year ended 5/31/13


Pfizer PFE: 8/9/13 10Q & 7/30/13 8K re; 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/3/13 8K re: issuance of $4 bil of notes
5/29/13 8K re: blackout of insider purchase of shares due to Zoetis exchange offer
5/10/13 10Q & 4/30/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25/13 shareholders meeting
4/3/13 Proxy material


Procter & Gamble PG:  9/16/13 8K re: changes to global  Business Unit Structure & Segment earnings
9/4/13 8K re: presentation at Barclays Back to School Conference
8/23/13 8K re: Proxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/8/13 in Cincinnati
 8/15/13 8K re: sale of Floating Rate Notes due '63
 Pre-14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/8/13 at Aronoff Center in Cincinnati
7/9/13 8K re: declaration of dividend of $0.6015 on Common & Conv. Call A Pref. payable 8/15 to 7/19 record holders
6/12/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: presentation at Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference
6/5/13 8K re: grouping of Global Business Units into 4 industry based sectors
5/24/13 8K re: A.G. Lafley rejoining as CEO replacing Bob McDonald
5/14/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Goldman Sachs Consumer Products Symposium


3M MMM: 8/27/13 8K re: $150 mil credit agreement with HSBC Bank
8/13/13 8K re: election to Board of Thomas K. Brown  increase from 11 to 12
8/1/13 10Q & 7/25/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 5/16/13 8K re: amendment to Annual Report re: realignment of business groups and certain accounting revisions
5/15/13 8K re: voting results of 5/14 stockholders meeting
5/7/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results


Travelers TRV: 8/1/13 8K re: underwriting contracts re: issuance of 4.6% Sr. Notes due '43
7/23/13 10Q & 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/12/13 8K re: $1 bil revolving bank credit agreement
6/10/13 8K re: purchase of Dominion of Canada General Insurance for $1.1 bil
5/24/13 8K re: voting results of 5/22/13 Annual shareholders meeting
4/23/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy for 5/22 shareholders meeting at Hartford, Ct.


United Technologies UTX: 9/6/13 8K re: new Pres. at Pratt & Whitney: Paul Adams succeeds David Hess
8/28/13 8K re: redemption of Goodrich 3.6% notes due '21
7/26/13 10Q & 7/23/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/18/13 8K re: Ohio Fed. Ct. awarding $473 mil to U.S. re: False Claims Act re: overcharging by Pratt & Whitney on F100's
5/24/13 8K re: redemption of $1 bil 1.2% notes due 6/1/13
4/30/13 8K re: results of shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy materials for 4/29 annual shareholders meeting


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 9/9/13 8K re: investor presentation at Morgan Stanley Global Health Care conf.
8/5/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/6/13 8K re: Voting results of 6/3/13 Annual Shareholders Mtg
5/29/13 8K re: Reg FD disclosure re: Bernstein 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference
5/6/13 10Q & 4/18/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/24/13 Proxy materials for 6/3 shareholders meeting in Boston
3/11/13 8K re: Barclays Global Healthcare conference presentation




Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 9/16/13 8K re: saleof $49 bil of notes
9/5/13 8K re: election of Gregory D. Wasson to Board of Dires.
9/5/13 8K re: election of Kathyrn A. Tesija to Board of Dirs.
9/3/13 8K re: purchase of Vodafone's indirect 45% interest in Verizon Wirelss
7/25/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 6/30/13
6/10/13 8K re: election of Anthony T. Skiadas, 44, Sr. VP & Controller
5/13/13 8K re: distribution of $7 bil to Wireless Comm and Vodafone by Verizon Wireless
5/7/13 8K re: voting results of 5/2 annual mtg of shareholders




Visa V: 9/17/13 8K & 9/12/13 8K & 7/26/13 8K re: adoption of exec pre-arranged trading plans for execs: William Sheedy, Byron H.Pollitt, Jr. & Elizabeth Buse
7/24/13 10Q for quarter ended6/30/13


WalMart WMT: 8/15/13 9/5/13 10Q for qtr. ended 7/31/13
8K re: 2Q ended 7/31/13 results
6/7/13 10Q & 5/16/13 8K re: Qtr. ended 4/30
6/2/13 8K re: Voting results of 6/7 Annual shareholder meeting
4/22/13 Proxy re: 6/7 shareholder meeting at Fayetteville, Ark.
4/10/13 8K re: sale of notes


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